March 19, 2003
Sorry, no pictures
Now this is the sort of action I can get behind. In my local paper, the News-Times, reports today that a group of students at Newtown High School in Newtown, CT have been suspended for burning a flag, for which they were suspended. Of course, all of you out there are saying to yourselves, "What a bunch of spoiled brats! Don't they know how many have died for their freedom?" However, this flag burning has a twist. They burned a French Flag. The drama club's adviser had a problem with the burning:
McChord said drama club adviser Tom Swetts helped the students take down the signal flag prop, but stayed inside during the burning. He said after students returned to the auditorium, Swetts said something like, "You shouldn’t have burned the flag. I didn’t have my camera.”
The principal suspended the students for burning the flag. Something in my gut tells me if the students had burned an American flag, they wouldn't have been suspended, because of the supposed constitutional right to burn said flag. Because it is a French flag, though, don't expect the usual suspects to lift a finger in the students' defense. Posted by at March 19, 2003 09:48 AM | TrackBack
Comments
Post a comment
